Most exciting wins of 2025?

[ingsve]

Not stages 1 to 4 of Tour de Guangxi.

I'm actually a bit surprised at the size of the field at the end of the last couple of stages even when the stages got a little bumpy. The 4th stage had 5 smaller climbs with for example a 3.8km climb at 6.3% yet there was still 100 riders left for the sprint. Seems like no team was interested in setting a pace to drop a few sprinters.

 

[ingsve]

Dwars door het Hageland might actually be my definite answer to this thread. He can be exciting, too!

Ya, sad to see that race relegated to 1.1 status next year.

 

[Salvarani]

Pogacar dropping Vingegaard in Hautacam and sealing his 4th TdF

It was epic

 

[Salvarani]

SB was an exciting win from Pog.

Despite crashing and hurting himself... he never gave up! Fought himself back into it.

Pure ciclissimo!

 

[Leinster]

Abrahamsen in the Tour. Healy in the Tour. Both were insane rides.



VPP on Ventoux.



Rory Townsend at the Hamburg Cyclassics probably also deserves a mention but I just don't care much about that race.

Healy’s ride to take yellow, and his 2nd on Ventoux, were both more exciting than his actual stage win. Even though Yates’ stage win in the former ended up being a bit of an afterthought.

And not the first or last time it’ll be decided by a crash from a rider in the leading pair, but Roubaix was pretty exciting.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

If I'm not mistaken, Remco also lost in that race... But yeaah... what was interesting and rare was Tadej's defeat.

I have no idea which race you are talking about, and Remco losing a race is hardly newsworthy. Unfortunately we have come to the point where Pogacar losing is. If I meant Remco winning a race, I would have said that. But that is not what I meant.

 

[Eagle_Alps]

Langellotti Poland stage 6 comes to mind.

Other than that?
Only Wout in Paris and Skjelmose's Amstel will be remembered for 2025.
(Ok maybe Ventoux, too)

Edit: Powless at Dwars MUST be remembered! 😆

 

[tobydawq]

Langellotti Poland stage 6 comes to mind.

Other than that?
Only Wout in Paris and Skjelmose's Amstel will be remembered for 2025.
(Ok maybe Ventoux, too)

Edit: Powless at Dwars MUST be remembered! 😆

You must not have watched the first stage of the Volta a Catalunya.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Stage 5, tour of Slovakia. One for the purists

 

[Netserk]

Finestre tops my list of most rewatchable races.

 

[Lurkerman]

For a biased/fanboy pick, I found it exciting to see Alaphilippe pull it off at Québec